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Imagine that feeling of hearing a song you wrote play on the radio for the first time. Nashville country music song writers Elvira Walls and Ed Cawthorn both know what it takes to achieve this feat.
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ABC TV's new program Exhumed highlights the bands who 'never were' - folks who just like to play music together instead of marching the long way to the top. The opening episode features bands from this part of the world who each have a unique story and background; from 'shed therapy' in Ararat, to the ...

Just down the road from Australia's 'hot rod capital' of Castlemaine the annual festival of rock'n'roll and classic hot rods and automobilia kicks off, bringing car enthusiasts of all persuasions to purvey and perve on the finest in restored cars - and these cars aren't garaged musuem pieces, ...

Ballarat's most accomplished musician brings it all home this weekend with a festival featuring the best local musicians alongside Australia's greatest jazz players, virtuosos from overseas, a tribute to Cormac McCarthy and an intimate one-off performance from Cat Empire frontman Harry ...

Watch the highlights of Ballarat's Exhumed concert via video on demand - Ten Men, Monkey Tin, the Shed Dwellers and Gunna Ball rock out for their chance to head to Sydney for the national finals... or indeed, just enjoying getting up on a stage in a packed venue for the sheer joy of playing music. ...

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Modern Persian sounds from the Naqash Duo, a Kurdish lament from Aynur and Kayhan Kalhor and co, songs from Liz Stringer and Jordie Lane and a Strayhorn classic by the Michelle Nicolle Quartet and by Duke Ellington. We'll also hear Joseph Tawadros riffing on Leunig with guitarist Mike Stern and ...

A Sense of Home: Research into the history of her suburban Melbourne street got thinking about country music and its connection to place, and a sense of home. That led to a collaboration on a set of songs by several musicians called I Feel Like Going Back, and that has found a place at Darebin Feast and ...

Join Kasey as she performs live, talks about her new album and some of her favourite musicians with boundless enthusiasm in a show that she programmed herself. We'll hear perennial Kasey favourites Lucinda Williams, Paul Kelly, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris and Bob Dylan along with her dad Bill ...